Hunter-Reay hoping for another pick-me-up at Alabama track (The Associated Press)

If ever there was a track where Ryan Hunter-Reay can count on a pick-me-up, it’s Barber Motorsports Park. The two-time defending race champion returns to Alabama this weekend for Sunday’s Indy Grand Prix of Alabama after a rough start to the season that included a disappointing performance in Long Beach and a penalty that still mystifies Hunter-Reay. ”That set the tone,” Hunter-Reay said. ”I think we went to the Indy GP, finished second in that one and then we went and won the big one, won the Indy 500.